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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic



Xbox Game of the Month
Developer: BioWare
Publisher: LucasArts
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Review Excerpt
"Canadian developer BioWare is well known for producing high-quality role-playing games, thanks to its successful Baldur's Gate series, and offers up what is in many ways its finest such game to date in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. LucasArts wisely delegated the task of producing a deep and involving Star Wars-themed RPG to BioWare, which has done a remarkable job of making Knights live up to the Star Wars name. In fact, Knights arguably lives up to the Star Wars name better than any other Star Wars property in years, including the last two theatrical films. The game's greatest accomplishment is its focused yet open-ended plot progression, which gives you the freedom to play as either a morally good or evil character, or shades in between. The struggle between good and evil is of course central to Star Wars and manifests itself extremely well throughout this outstanding game. For good measure, Knights features hours and hours of top-notch voice-over (all the dialogue is spoken), so you'll certainly be impressed by how different characters respond differently to you but also by the sheer size of the game.

"The Xbox needed another great RPG--one that was more accessible than last year's great but sometimes-bewildering Morrowind--and it's finally here. Those who've played BioWare's computer RPGs--either the Baldur's Gate series or last year's Neverwinter Nights--will recognize the influence of those games on Knights of the Old Republic. In fact, the main difference between the gameplay of Knights and BioWare's previous games is superficial. This one is played from a third-person perspective and thus resembles a 3D action adventure game rather than one of BioWare's older isometric RPGs."


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Who knew that an RPG developer like BioWare was going to craft one of the best Star Wars stories we've seen in years? As Greg points out in his review, Knights of the Old Republic actually surpasses the recent cinematic efforts in the Star Wars universe, bringing the mystique and atmosphere of that insanely popular milieu to players better than nearly any other game in recent history. Combining a very lengthy quest, tons of plot development, and the ability to follow the light or dark side of the Force, Knights of the Old Republic is already being hailed as one of the best RPGs in quite some time.


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